Sunday, 11 August 2013

Whalley Abbey, Lancashire

As a 'recce' for my new driving job, Josie and I visited the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire and stumbled on this glorious Abbey ruin just outside the small town of Whalley near Clitheroe.
The Cistercian Abbey of Stanlow, in Cheshire, moved to Whalley in
1296. The Church was built between 1330 and 1380, but the Abbot's
lodging and Infirmary were not completed until c. 1440
After the dissolution of the Monastery in 1537, the property passed
into private hands, and Ralph Assheton adapted it to make an Elizabethan
Manor House. It remained a private residence until 1923, when the
Church of England acquired possession.